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The exhibition “A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation” at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center in Seattle, Washington.
The exhibition “A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation” at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center in Seattle, Washington. ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Martina Machackova

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